Delivering the homes Britain needs whilst meeting our climate targets will require creativity: making good use of the existing housing stock, particularly long-term empty homes, and insisting on the highest possible standards in new builds, says Nationwide.

Speaking at Nationwide's Conservative Conference event, Jake Berry MP, Minister for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth, said that “the death of the high street is exaggerated”.

Nationwide understand the importance of branches to the high street and promise that every town or city with a Nationwide branch today will still have one in May 2021.

Addressing the problems around financial capability is one of the most pressing issues in society today. The solution is within our grasp and finding it cannot come soon enough, says Rachael Sinclair, Channel Support and Operations Director, Nationwide.

At the Conservative Party Conference fringe event titled “Social enterprise delivering at every scale: local, regional, national and global”, Lord Adebowale from Social Enterprise UK, lead a panel discussion on local regional, national and global social enterprise.

Nationwide will prioritise meeting the everyday needs of businesses as it takes steps to enter the business banking market, says Chief Executive, Joe Garner.

Mental health is finally being given the significance and attention it rightly deserves. According to new Ipsos MORI research this month, concern about mental health has doubled in the last year alone; almost a third of the public are now concerned about it. And it’s seen as the second most important priority for health care funding.

There will never be sufficient progress addressing the housing challenge without the private and public sectors working more closely together, says Joe Garner, Chief Executive, Nationwide Building Society.

The boss of the world’s largest building society, Nationwide’s Joe Garner, has called on the financial services industry to adopt a more cooperative approach to leadership if the sector is to regain trust among the British public.

Nationwide’s Paul Wootton says the ‘vital’ private rented sector must meet the needs of tenants and landlords alike.